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Archaeochrysa fracta
Taxonomy
Palaeochrysa fracta was named by Cockerell (1914). Its type specimen is MCZ 3349, a forewing (finely preserved, missing very base of wing), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Wilson Ranch, Florissant, which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large horizon in the Florissant Formation of Colorado.
It was recombined as Archaeochrysa fracta by Adams (1967) and Makarkin et al. (2022).
It was recombined as Archaeochrysa fracta by Adams (1967) and Makarkin et al. (2022).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1914 | Palaeochrysa fracta Cockerell p. 716 fig. 2 |
| 1935 | Palaeochrysa fracta Carpenter p. 264 fig. 2 |
| 1967 | Archaeochrysa fracta Adams p. 230 |
| 2022 | Archaeochrysa fracta Makarkin et al. p. 306 fig. 3 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
†Archaeochrysa fracta Cockerell 1914
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015 | |||||
Age range: Chadronian or 37.20000 to 33.90000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Chadronian | USA (Colorado) | Palaeochrysa fracta (113749) |